Renewable Fuel Standard: Program Unlikely to Meet Production or Greenhouse Gas Reduction Targets

Abstract

Since 2006 the RFS has required that transportation fuels - typically gasoline and diesel - sold in the United States be blended with increasing - volumes of biofuels to meet environmental and energy goals. Annual targets for the volumes of biofuels to be blended are set by statute.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 2016
Accession Number
AD1169426

Entities

People

  • Frank W. Rusco

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Bioalcohols
  • Biofuels
  • Biomass
  • Diesel Fuels
  • Environment
  • Environmental Protection
  • Fossil Fuels
  • Fuels
  • Governments
  • Greenhouse Effect
  • Greenhouse Gases
  • Infrastructure
  • Law
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Natural Gas
  • Natural Resources
  • Petroleum
  • United States
  • United States Government

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Government Contracting/Procurement.
  • Petroleum Engineering

Technology Areas

  • Biotechnology